immigrant detention

18 posts

FIU workers were directed to secretly deliver equipment to ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

Public records and a Florida International University employee confirm that at least one operations trailer was transported to the immigration detention facility in the Everglades

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6 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

As immigrant communities come under attack, New York must take action

New York has a duty to protect migrant communities from detention and deportation by strengthening state-wide sanctuary protections and ending ICE detention

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4 Min
By: Woods Ervin

Death of a mentally ill migrant in solitary confinement lays bare ICE’s cruelty and lack of accountability

The death of a 61-year-old migrant with mental illness from Trinidad and Tobago is raising questions about the U.S. federal immigration agency’s adherence to international, federal, and state regulations governing the treatment of detainees.  Charles Leo Daniel died on March 7 after being held in solitary confinement for

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6 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

‘We can’t stay silent anymore’: On Cop City and grief

There is a human toll for Atlanta-based activists organizing against Cop City and the very forces that seek to stamp them out

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Advocates probe death of migrant girl in U.S. custody

CBP’s version of events is inconsistent with what Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez’s mother says her daughter experienced while detained

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5 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

Torture with impunity runs rampant in ICE facilities

The federal government gives private prison companies millions to torture immigrants and snuff out the abolitionist movement

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12 Min
By: Maurizio Guerrero

New report complicates decarceration wins

“The Carceral Carousel” details how jails, prisons, and detention centers rarely shutter, but rather pivot to hold a different population

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8 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Records show ICE and LaSalle Corrections covered up critical details about a 2018 in-custody death

The destruction of evidence around Gourgan Mirimanian’s death when he was in ICE custody is one of many instances that the agency destroyed records

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7 Min
By: Tina Vásquez

Prison reform must include immigration justice

California’s attempt to reform its prison model leaves out non-U.S. citizens who are subject to “double punishment”: incarceration and deportation

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8 Min
By: Frances Nguyen

Over 85 people incarcerated at Northwest Detention Center go on hunger strike against inhumane treatment

The Washington state immigration prison has a history of using retaliatory tactics and solitary confinement to punish detainees that strike for better living conditions

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

How the Shut Down Berks Coalition fought to close Berks County Detention Center

After eight years of organizing, advocates have succeeded in emptying and closing the notorious ICE facility. Now, they’re hoping to repurpose the space to serve the community

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

Advocates demand Berks County Detention Center release all women

The notorious facility will be shut down by the end of January, though ICE has stated that detainees will be transferred to a different prison, not released

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3 Min
By: Alexandra Martinez

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